Trapped in a Sacred Prison
CHAPTER 39

Ulli sat in the classroom alone, her eyes fixed on the object before her, the one she had never owned and for the first time she had.

Such a beautiful simple thing in his eyes. A gold-colored brooch in the form of the letter LA decorated with diamonds along the letters.

When the box was opened, it meant that Ammar was gone. And for the umpteenth time, Ulfi will return to her activities as a santriwati who lives in the dormitory.

"Bismillah, be better, God willing," she murmured to reassure herself even without the guidance of her husband again.

Tap tap tap

The sound of footsteps coming from outside made Ulli hurriedly close the box and put it into the bag.

"***..." the greeting was cut off when the girl's bead met with the Ulfi's eye bead. Yes, she is Sarah. Every time the exam, Sarah is more often come first to class because she wants to study. But he did not expect to meet Ulli this early.

No more voices, Ulli looked at Sarah who was walking to her seat without even looking back at her.

"So much as he hates it that there is no longer any intention of making peace with me?" inner Ulfi then exhaled slowly.

Up to 10 minutes passed, but the room was still quiet. Until finally Ulfi took the initiative to speak first.

"Sarah, can't we make peace?" ulfi asked, but the girl did not respond at all, even turning around she was reluctant.

"Did you know? When I first came here, I admired you so much, your friendly attitude, your wise attitude and your kind demeanor made me feel comfortable living in the dorm."

Again, Ulfi did not get a response from Sarah, making her choose to return silent. At least he has been trying to reconnect silaruturrahmi and reconcile.

Shortly after, the other classmates finally started to arrive one by one, including Fira.

"Is Ustadz Ammar gone?" ask Fira in a soft voice.

"Yes," answered Uldi listlessly.

"Will ustadz ever come again?" ask Fira.

"Yes" he replied again.

"Hey, the spirit of dong beb, just think of it as a test of your love" said Lisa who sat in the front seat of Ulfi.

Hearing the word love, Sarah slightly looked back, the place where Uelfi sat and returned their beads to meet.

Seeing Sarah's attitude, Uelfi again wondered inwardly about who had reported it to the citizens that night.

"Is it true Sarah reported?" inner Ulfi, but he quickly shook his head.

Moments later, ustadz Fahmi who will be supervising the exam for Aqidah Akhlak subjects arrived.

The atmosphere began to calm down, all the santri began to focus on working on the matter. Uldi felt the test this time felt easier because last night he had got an example of a question that contained more or less the same as the test question this time.

Until it is not felt, the first exam is finished and then the second exam continues after a short break. And again the test this time was easy because of the example of Ammar last night.

Time has shown at 11pm, which means today's exam is over. All the students began to go back to their respective dormitories, as well as Ulfi.

Arriving at the dormitory, they began to coolly tell about the exam, but in contrast to Ulli, the girl chose to be alone while returning to see the objects given by Ammar. His lips curved into a smile, he was determined to wear it later when he met the husband.

But without realizing it, a pair of eyes had since noticed from afar ala money is being held by Ulli at this time.

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Elsewhere, Ammar only arrived at the airport after a long trip from the boarding school to the city. The man sat down next to his nephew, Balqis.

"Sure, why?" ask Ammar penaaran.

"No, it's just that it must be 'Ammah Ulli is very sad, '" he said, staring at the screen of his phone.

"Sad?"

"Yes 'Your mother."

"Where do you know?" ask Ammar curious.

"From the look on his face in class yesterday, when his friend said that ustadz resigned from pesantren," Balqis replied as it is.

"Can you tell me more about Balqis?"

Balqis finally began to tell her story yesterday while in class with Uldi until they ran together towards her home.

Hearing the story of Balqis, Ammar unconsciously revealed a smile on his face. For a moment, he was convinced that Ulufi had started to have feelings for him.

"Why are you smiling?" ask Balqis.

"Aa, it's okay." Ammar was slightly misbehaved by being caught off guard by his nephew.

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The evening has now arrived, after performing prayers and dinner, Ulli and her roommates will take part in a three-language lecture practice. If Ika, Ira, and Lisa will act as training supervisors, Uelfi will instead become a trainee with Junior High School children.

This three-language lecture he has been following since a few months ago. Ulfi was so grateful that he still had the chance to come along. Yes, this three-language lecture was intended for Junior High School students, but the girl felt she had to try everything before getting out of this boarding school, no matter who she trained with.

Until it was not felt, the time had shown at 10 pm, three-language lecture training activities had been completed, Ulli and her friends now went home to the dorm together while occasionally telling stories.

"Ulfi, it turns out your Arabic and English speaking skills are getting better. I salute you" said Ika.

"Yes Ulf, when actually not participating in this exercise is okay, but you choose to come even if only you are a High School child who participated," said Ira.

"Yes, it's okay, right? I just feel like I'm losing my way into the pesantren if I don't know all that. Moreover, my time here is very short, so I have to pursue all my losses," said Ulli.

"Yes, I agree with you, Ustadz Ammar must be very proud of you" Lisa said.

"Huss, don't mention it here, someone will hear it" said Ulli.

"Why is that so? Everyone knows" Lisa said.

"Here you go, let's go home, it's getting late at night, fear." Ira clasped Lisa and Ulfi's shoulders and walked faster towards her dorm.

Uldi, Ira, Lisa and Ika have now arrived in their rooms. Like the others, Ulfi immediately cleansed herself before she got ready for bed.

Tonight his body feels so tired, it feels so comfortable when a tired body is put on the mattress. However, instead of closing his eyes, Ulli actually returned to the figure of the husband.

"Has Ustadz Ammar reached Cairo?" the monologue speaks to the heart.

Suddenly his face turned happy when remembering the expression of love of the husband, now the girl rose from sleep to take the object given by Ammar, at least by looking at it, the girl, the longing for the presence of the husband can be treated even if only a little.

However, the look of a happy face was immediately lost when the object he was looking for was not found in the closet. He had been looking for it in all corners of the closet, to the sidelines of the clothes but he did not find it.

"Astaghfirullah, where's that brooch?" his mind with the body now slumped to the floor with eyes still looking at the closet in front of him.

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